Xiao Shan set up a simple array, the kind that would trap anyone who entered from outside.
When Xue Niang woke up and heard Xiao Shan already cooking in the kitchen, she was still thinking about the array and ran into the yard to check.
She circled around several times but couldn't find the stone and wondered where it had gone.
Xiao Shan's laughter came from behind her. Xue Niang turned around and saw Xiao Shan still naked.
The sun had already set, wasn't it cold? Who was he showing himself to!
"Come here." He beckoned.
"No!" Xue Niang blushed and took a step back. Judging by his expression, she knew he had ill intentions.
But in the next second, he appeared behind her, grabbed her, and started nibbling at her neck.
How did he get there?
Xue Niang struggled. This was in the yard, and the scoundrel was too lawless. His large hands had already reached inside, his rough fingertips brushing against her skin, sending waves of numbness throughout her body. Xue Niang bit her lip to prevent herself from screaming.
"Don't, don't do it here..."
"Don't do what?"
Xue Niang felt her body go light. She saw herself standing in the center of the yard with her arms crossed over her chest. The offending hand was gone, and there was no one behind her. She looked blankly in the direction of the voice.
Xiao Shan stood at the kitchen door, a smile on his lips, looking at her languidly. His piercing eyes swept over her with a predatory gaze.
"What is happening?"
"You fell into an illusion just now. What did you see?"
Xiao Shan's gaze was almost enough to melt her. Her appearance just now was incredibly captivating, her eyes shy, her expression dazed yet charming, her face flushed as if painted with rouge, biting her tender lips and moaning. Her boneless, delicate body swayed like a willow in the wind, making his blood surge.
Did she see him?
Xue Niang was momentarily disoriented before she understood. She became angry, her eyes welling up with tears. "You, you actually used this trick on me!"
So, he had seen her in such an embarrassing state?
"Hey? No, I didn't!"
Seeing that she was truly angry, Xiao Shan quickly tried to explain, but Xue Niang ignored him, ran back into the house, and firmly shut the door.
"Hey, it really wasn't, I didn't expect you to walk into it. Xue Niang, what exactly did you see? Was it me?"
He just wanted to figure this out. Who was she acting so coyly towards!
"No! It wasn't you! Stay away from me!"
Xue Niang threw herself onto the kang. How could she have seen Xiao Shan like that? Was that something she secretly desired?
Wuwu! How embarrassing!
"It must have been me," Xiao Shan muttered outside the door.
Under Xiao Shan's incessant calls, Xue Niang finally opened the door because she was truly starving. She pretended to be calm, glared at him, and followed him to the kitchen.
The egg pancakes smelled delicious. She ate several in a row. After the meal, Xiao Shan pulled her into the center of the yard.
"Xue Niang, look at the wooden board covering the water缸."
"What about the wooden board?"
"The stone is on top of it."
"There's nothing here?" Xue Niang rubbed her eyes and looked at Xiao Shan strangely.
Xiao Shan pulled her closer and then guided her hand to sweep over the wooden board. Suddenly, the stone appeared, and the scene in the yard also seemed different from before, as if a layer of mist had been lifted.
"Ah! This is the array." Xue Niang placed the stone back and repeated the action several times.
It was truly magical!
"Yes, you know how to use it now. Place the stone at night and remove it in the morning. I should be back tomorrow afternoon."
"Xiao Shan." Xue Niang hugged him, her big eyes filled with worry. "Do you have to go at night?"
"Wild beasts like to come out at night. We'll save some more money during this time, and when it gets cold, I won't go anymore. I'll stay home with you every day, okay?"
Xiao Shan cupped her face, their noses touching, and caressed her tenderly.
Who would want to leave during their honeymoon?
But wasn't it for earning money, so she could eat well and live comfortably?
"Don't worry, when wild beasts see me, they'll only run away."
"Mhm." Xue Niang nodded obediently. "I'll wait for you to come back."
"Good." Xiao Shan scooped her up in a horizontal embrace and strode towards the bedroom.
Xue Niang's body was lifted, and she tightly wrapped her arms around his neck. Knowing what was about to happen, she buried her feverish face in his chest.
"Xue Niang, give me some more energy."
Xiao Shan leaned over and pressed down. Xue Niang's dark hair spread out as she lay on the wedding quilt embroidered with vibrant peonies. Her skin was like snow and her beauty like flowers, a scene of blooming splendor.
Her flushed expression was reflected in his deep eyes, just as it had been in the yard.
The night descended like a large net over the village. The stars were sparse, and the cold air fell from the sky.
However, in the small farmhouse yard, on the kang more than two meters wide, things were heating up.
"My darling, what do you call me?"
"...A Shan..."
"Do you like it? Are you comfortable?"
"Mhm..."
"I really want to die on you."
"No, don't... don't let you die."
"If I don't die, then it will be like this, loving you forever..."
After an unknown amount of time, the turbulent red quilt finally calmed down. The exhausted people had already fallen asleep.
Xiao Shan tenderly wiped her sweat-soaked face. His body was still in the afterglow of extreme pleasure. After a long while, he calmed down, put on his clothes, got off the kang, brought water, and cleaned up the mess.
The candlelight flickered and danced. He closed the open window.
It was time to go.
After a few steps, he couldn't help but turn back and lingered on the woman's swollen lips on the bed for a long time.
"I really wish I could shrink you down and carry you with me."
Xiao Shan slung his bow and arrows over his shoulder, suppressing his reluctance, and left with Xiao Hu, stepping into the night.
Xue Niang slept through the night without even changing her position. When she woke up again, the sun was high in the sky, and her body still felt as if it had been run over by a cart.
She remembered that she hadn't been able to hold on yesterday. She didn't know when he had left. Her body felt clean, as if she had been taken care of, but...
The scent of intimacy on the quilt lingered, that must be his scent... kuAiδugg
At first, her mind was hazy, and she didn't understand or pay attention. But yesterday, in her daze, she had seen it. The wind stopped, the rain fell, and the raindrops sprinkled on the edge of the kang.
Did he not want her to have children?
She got up like an old woman, rubbing her waist, cursing him in her heart. If it weren't for him going into the mountains, she wouldn't have let him be so unrestrained.
He was like someone who hadn't eaten for lifetimes and was never satisfied.
She found new bedding and changed it. As she went out after tidying up, she saw a small creature in the yard turning around and trapped by the array.
What was this thing? How did it get in? Did it climb over the wall?
Xue Niang picked up a stick and ran to the water缸, moving the stone aside. The small beast in the yard blinked its eyes and stood up like a person, baring its teeth in anger.
"Go away quickly!" Xue Niang pointed at it with the stick.
The small beast had yellow fur and a slender body. Xue Niang remembered, wasn't this the yellow weasel that Xiao Shan had mentioned stealing chickens?
Seeing Xue Niang, the beast closed its bared mouth, sniffed the air with its nose, and showed a look of intoxication.
Xue Niang swung the stick at it. The small beast dodged nimbly, leaped onto the wall, looked back once, and then ran away.